Birdo from Super Mario Bros – Game Art and an Overview

Birdo is one of the boss characters from Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) ..and the original Japanese version known as “Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic” (1987) before.

Birdo returned for the first time after SMB2 in Wario’s Woods a puzzle game released in 1994 and Super Mario RPG (1996). Birdo was also later available as a playable character in multiple Mario Kart, Party and sports games..all in all Birdo appeared in over 25 games now, the last time Birdo was playable was in Mario Kart 8 (2014)

Birdo raised a lot discussions about his or her character and being a transvestite due to the official description for Super Mario Bros. 2: “Birdo thinks he is a girl and likes to be called Birdetta. He likes to wear a bow on his head and shoot eggs from his mouth.””